This is why armed police were called to Coventry bus station

Gun cops attended the station on Friday night



Armed officers from West Midlands police were called to reports of a man with a gun at Pool Meadow bus station on Friday night.

Calls were made to police about a man with a gun in a bag at the Fairfax street terminal in the city centre at around 6.30pm.

A witness told CoventryLive a passerby had told the man he had to wait for police when he became irate.

The passerby, along with a bus driver, then tackled the man and took the bag from him, handing it to a bus station worker until police arrived.

On their arrival, the armed officers discovered an air gun in the bag which the owner surrendered to them.

No arrests were made.

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: "Police were called to reports of a man with a gun at Pool Meadow bus station, Fairfax Street, Coventry, around 6.30pm on Friday (15 February).

"Firearms officers attended and discovered an air gun which had remained in a bag and not been brandished.

"The man handed it over to officers."

The eyewitness said the passerby who tackled the man should be recognised for his bravery.

He said: "(I) can't think of many people who would try and take down a guy they thought had a gun."

Uh? It's perfectly legal to transport a firearm in a manner in which it cannot be fired!